You took a part of me that I really miss
I keep asking myself how long it can go on like this
You told yourself a lie; that´s all right mama, I told myself one too

I´m trying to get closer but I´m still a million miles from you

You took the silver, you took the gold
You left me standing out in the cold
People ask about you; I didn´t tell them everything I knew
Well I´m trying to get closer, but I´m still a million miles from you

I´m drifting in and out of dreamless sleep
Throwing all my memories in a ditch so deep
Did so many things I never did intend to do
Well I´m trying to get closer, but I´m still a million miles from you

I need your love so bad, turn your lamp down low
I need every bit of it for the places that I go

Sometimes I wonder just what it´s all coming to
Well I´m tryin´ to get closer, but I´m still a million miles from you

Well I don´t dare close my eyes and I don´t dare wink
Maybe in the next life I´ll be able to hear myself think
Feel like talking to somebody but I just don´t know who
Well, I´m tryin´ to get closer but I´m still a million miles from you

The last thing you said before you hit the street
"Gonna find me a janitor to sweep me off my feet"
I said, "That´s all right mama.... you..... you do what you gotta do"
Well, I´m tryin´ to get closer; I´m still a million miles from you

Rock me, pretty baby, rock me ´til everything gets real
Rock me for a little while, rock me ´til there´s nothing left to feel
And I´ll rock you too
I´m tryin´ to get closer but I´m still a million miles from you

Well, there´s voices in the night trying to be heard
I´m sitting here listening to every mind polluting word
I know plenty of people who would put me up for a day or two
Yes, I´m tryin´ to get closer but I´m still a million miles from you